Rory Stewart

Politics On the Edge offers an unflinching look at the tumultuous world of British politics through the eyes of Rory Stewart, a former Cabinet minister and a compelling voice on the political stage. This searing insider's account charts Stewart's extraordinary ten-year journey in Parliament, beginning as a political outsider in 2010 and culminating in a bold bid for prime minister....

The first biography in a decade of Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud. When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the forces of resistance were disparate. Many groups were caught up in fighting each other and competing for Western arms. The exception were those commanded by Ahmad Shah Massoud, the military strategist and political operator who solidified the resistance and...

The new book from the #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author and co-host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics From the author of the Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller Politics on the Edge and co-host of The Rest is Politics Rory Stewart spent nearly a decade as MP for Britain's most rural constituency, Penrith and the Border. As he came to...

MP and travel writer Rory Stewart traverses the borderlands between England and Scotland, musing on history, memory and landscape. This is travel writing at its best. — Katherine Norbury, Observer An Observer Book of the Year THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF POLITICS ON THE EDGE Rory Stewart and his father are undertaking their final walk together along the Marches—the...

Winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 'A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece' The New York Times Book Review Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the...